Lamentations 4:14

They have wandered—blind—in the streets, have defiled themselves with blood; so that men may not touch their garments.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

In Context

13[It is] for the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests,—who have been pouring out, in her midst, the blood of the righteous!

15Turn aside! Unclean! have they cried to them, Turn aside! Turn aside! Do not touch! because they have fled, yea, wandered, Men said among the nations, They will not again tarry;

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Cross References

Numbers 19:16And, whosoever toucheth on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Deuteronomy 28:28Yahweh, will smite thee, with madness and with blindness,—and with terror of heart;

Isaiah 29:10For Yahweh, hath poured out upon you, a spirit of deep sleep, Yea hath tightly shut your eyes—the prophets,—And, your heads—the seers, hath he covered,

Isaiah 59:9For this cause, hath justice removed far from us, And righteousness overtaketh us not,—We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk:

Ezekiel 23:45But righteous men, they, shall judge them, With the judgment of adulteresses, and With the judgment of women that shed blood,— Because adulteresses, they are And blood, is on their hands.

Micah 3:6Therefore, shall it be night to you, for lack of vision, and darkness to you, for lack of divination,—and the sun, shall go in, over the prophets, and the day, shall be overcast because of them;

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:14-21

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided… Read the whole commentary →

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